2017 Aston Martin DB11 Hot Lap! - 2017 Best Driver's Car Contender - video Dailymotion

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Pro driver Randy Pobst hot laps the 2017 Aston Martin DB11 around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for Motor Trend's 2017 Best Driver's Car.

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00:00 (engine revving)

00:02 (upbeat music)

00:11 This is the all new Aston Martin DB11,

00:14 the first turbocharged car

00:15 in the 104 year old company's history.

00:18 Two turbos in fact, feed a 5.2 liter V12

00:21 that's good for 600 horsepower.

00:24 (engine revving)

00:26 The DB11 features an eight speed automatic transaxle,

00:29 as well as some innovative aero tricks,

00:31 such as hidden front wheel vents in a rear aero blade,

00:36 the latter of which eliminates the need for a spoiler.

00:38 (engine revving)

00:41 There is however a pop up gurney flap

00:44 that deploys at speed.

00:46 (engine revving)

00:48 Let's see how Aston's latest big GT does on the track.

00:54 (engine revving)

00:57 (upbeat music)

00:59 (laughing)

01:09 I think we're just go to a third,

01:13 it's got a broad power band,

01:15 regular street tires, not the R compound, oh yeah.

01:19 (engine revving)

01:22 Pulls well in third.

01:25 (engine revving)

01:28 I like the pressure's a little higher.

01:36 (engine revving)

01:38 the male gotta say great engine.

01:43 (engine revving)

01:46 Singles the male gotta say great engine.

02:08 (engine revving)

02:11 (laughing)

02:13 Yes it will, a lot of power.

02:19 (engine revving)

02:22 Tell you what, a very pleasant driving experience thus far.

02:27 (engine revving)

02:30 (engine revving)

02:33 This Aston Martin is the surprise of the week.

02:51 It was well balanced, the grip was good.

02:54 We're basically, I was racing the car

02:57 and that's not what this car is built for,

02:58 that's why I put on my sport jacket.

03:00 It's a really, really capable car being driven fast

03:03 and it's not a track car, it's not a race car,

03:07 but it's bloody fast and it is beautiful.

03:10 This one hurts, because there's nothing that wrong

03:14 with the DB11 and you'd have to be crazy

03:17 to put it last in any competition, yet here we are.

03:21 At 4,200 pounds, the big Aston was nearly

03:24 the heaviest car in the competition.

03:26 Also, as an Aston Martin engineer explained,

03:29 the suspension could use quote, another mode.

03:32 Most damaging is that with 600 horsepower,

03:36 the Aston tied to the hundredth of a second,

03:39 the 350 horsepower Porsche 718.

03:42 The DB11 is a wonderful personal luxury coupe, a grand tour.

03:47 It's just not that much of a driver's car.

03:50 (car engine revving)

03:53 (car engine revving)

03:56 (car engine revving)

03:59 (car engine revving)

04:02 (whooshing)

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